Bulgaria Special

The Sun is our star. According to Wikipedia, it is “a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma, with internal convective motion that generates a magnetic field via a dynamo process.” Whatever. We like it, while tanning our skin on beaches, or while taking photos of sunflowers at 06:00 a.m. in late July. Yawn.
Sunflowers, on the other hand, were…

There are already many issues in Bulgaria's education system. But yet another huge problem is looming at the horizon. It has to do with the age of the country's school teachers. If Bulgaria does not apply radical changes, pretty much…

There are thousands of so-called expats in Bulgaria. Some paint, others grow vegetables, some are diplomats, teachers or pensioners, at least one is setting up a goat farm, a few sell beer and food, and many work for call centers or in the…

There is one place in Sofia, one object which sticks out. It is the place every single tourist in town will visit.
The Aleksandar Nevski Cathedral is many things in one. As the main attraction in Sofia, it serves as a tourist magnet.…

The car trip from Sofia to the Bulgarian Black Sea resort of Kavarna is supposed to be a smooth ride of 546 kilometers, or six hours and 12 minutes, for the Southern approach via Trakia Motorway. It isn’t.
Up until Bourgas, things are…

In the past two decades, Sofia has been changing rapidly. Lots of intersections were modernised, the Ring Road was turned from a narrow slice of Swiss cheese into a motorway, and Vitosha Boulevard, which used to be a terrible, polluted…

Some of the family homes with broken walls and huge cavities in their roofs seem to be telling stories, of someone who lived here and used the old furniture, which is still all over the place, in piles.

Apart from his family, Strahil Georgiev loves three things: Snow, snow and snow. The skiing and snowboarding professional usually stays in Borovets, one of Bulgaria's most popular skiing resorts. In winter, there is hardly any moment when…

Sofia, the South-Eastern European marvel, the insider tip on the Balkans, the beauty at the foot of Vitosha mountain, the oldest capital in Europe, is now officially a tourist magnet. Visitors from abroad flock the city more and more.…

Most wolves in Bulgaria can be found in the Balkan and the Rila mountain ranges, roaming the forests, hills and mountains. And they are in danger. According to experts and NGOs, the Bulgarian Lupus needs all the protection it can get.